Analysis of War
Prostituted gun, painted in dust
Is lobbied through graveyards
Where families are piled up;
Salty rain permeates darkened soil
Covered in misery, quicksand
To sinking hearts baring toil;
From above light dare not intrude
Only when the air is cleared
Only when Man's differences conclude ...
| Scheme | ABCDEDFGF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (22%) |
| Metre | 111001 11011 1100111 10110101 1001001 1101101 10111101 1010111 1011100001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 282 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 237 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on December 14, 2012
Modified on March 06, 2023
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